In a move to address space constraint, Delhi Metro’s upcoming Mayur Vihar Phase I interchange station will stand on a row of specially designed pillars along the middle of a narrow stretch of road, giving it a flying-like impression.
The decision to use cantilever technology – where the station will stand on single piers along the centre of the road, as opposed to the standard construction procedure where two more piers stand on either ends of the road – was taken by DMRC as Khudiram Bose Marg, on which the station is coming up, has a width of just 22 metres.
Passengers will be able to move between the upcoming station, to be located at a height of 22 metres, and the existing station at a height of 12 metres through the paid area as the two will be connected through a 102-m long corridor. More challenges are involved in the construction of the station as the viaduct of the upcoming line will have to cross over the Delhi-Noida link road flyover as well as the operational blue line corridor. Besides this, the Barapullah elevated corridor will also be extended till the station. The foundation work of the station is complete and the first pier is on its way to completion.
